Google Home can finally tell users apart

Google Home may finally have a solution to children “hijacking” the device to buy stuff.

Google Home now supports up to six different accounts on one device and can distinguish between the voices of different users, the company announced on Thursday. It uses a specific voice as a key to share your playlists, commute time and schedule.

One of the best parts of Google Assistant on the phone is that it is highly personalized to you. With Google Home, often being a shared device, it can be tricky to balance privacy and personalization. Ideally, the device only gives out personal details to the targeted user but still works for simple searches and requests for other users.

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To set up multi-user support, users train the Assistant to recognize their voice via the Google Home app. Each user can also set up preferences with the app for features like commute and music. The Assistant uses a neural network to analyze the trigger phrases “Ok Google” and “Hey Google” to detect voice characteristics. Then, the network locally compares against those characteristics each time it picks up “Ok Google” or “Hey Google.”

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Carpool | Google Home now supports multiple users

Google Home is powered by the Google Assistant. Starting today, Google Home supports multiple users. Now the Assistant can distinguish your voice from others, so you can get a more personalized experience at home. Learn more: https://goo.gl/Uo1IFD